# Kuzma Samsonov — The Brothers Karamazov character guide

> Kuzma Samsonov in The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Samsonov, old Samsonov, the old widower Samsonov

**First appearance:** 0055-part-iii-i-kuzma-samsonov

## Who they are

A wealthy merchant and Grushenka's former protector.

## In the story

### [Book VIII: Mitya](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_brothers_karamazov_se/chapters/part-iii-book-viii-mitya)

Dmitri seeks money from him but is refused.

### [I: Kuzma Samsonov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_brothers_karamazov_se/chapters/part-iii-i-kuzma-samsonov)

Grushenka's former protector; out of spite, he deceives Dmitri by sending him on a futile errand to Lyagavy.

### [Lyagavy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_brothers_karamazov_se/chapters/part-iii-ii-lyagavy)

Referenced as the one who sent Dmitri on this futile errand, likely as a trick.

### [IV: The Second Ordeal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_brothers_karamazov_se/chapters/part-iii-iv-the-second-ordeal)

Mentioned as the merchant from whom Dmitri tried to borrow three thousand roubles.

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